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Tips to Improve your Putting

29th April 2008

Tips to Improve your Putting

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Putting is one of the great equalizers in golf. A player who consistently drives the ball 250 yards but is awful on the greens may see similar scores as a great putter who can only drive ball 150 yards.

If you are used to three putting and you learn how to get off of the green in one or two putts on most holes, your score will see a drastic improvement. Follow our tips to help shave some strokes off of your score next time you hit the golf course.

  1. Make sure you accelerate through your putt rather than decelerating on the forward swing. Your front swing is the most important part of the swing for controlling distance and decelerating throws off your putt’s distance.
  2. Keep your head down and focused on the ball during your follow through. Lifting your head too early can cause you to pull or push your putt to the left or right.
  3. Follow through your stroke so that you almost feel like you are “pushing” the ball into the hole.
  4. When reading the green, try looking from the back of the hole towards your ball. This view will help you see more of the contours of the green.
  5. Don’t rush your putts when you get on the green. Focus and take a few practice swings before making your putt.

If you have any other tips that work for you, please let us know in the comments!

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  1. 1 On August 17th, 2008, Randy Bennett said:

    Both my brother and I both use the Odyessy Two Ball putter. After a few frustrating holes missing putt after putt by just a fraction, I decided on my own to observe where Jerry’s putter head was faced. The club face was clearly facing to the left of the hole… I remained silent until after he finished putting. He missed the shot an inch to the left of the hole. Since there was no one behind us, I explained to Jerry what I saw. He didn’t believe me so we spend about five minutes checking out his alignment. He opened the club just a “hair” and started sinking every putt. He kept sinking every putt for the rest of the game. Once we hit the eighteenth hole I asked him to do the same thing for me. He watched me set up a straight line to the hole. He observed that I was aiming to the right of the hole. I didn’t believe it either. We worked on it for about five minutes (there was no one behind us). I realized that I needed to close the putter face just a “hair.” Beginning my next game I began to sink putt after putt instead of missing to the right a fraction of an inch. I’ve had one 27 putt and one 28 putt game since getting Jerry’s assistance aligning my putter face. I’m sinking putts from every distance.
    The tip is to get another person to stand opposite you in line with your target line. The other person can see where you are actually aiming your putter head. Apparently our eyes and/or brains play tricks with us.

    posted on August 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

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